<p>How is the surrounding town. I'm an international student who has never been away from the big city but I'm looking for new experiences ? Will I just get bored to death or is there something fun going on ?</p>
<p>It’s as different from Kolkata as you can possible imagine. New experience, you will have them. What are you other options?</p>
<p>3 hrs to Boston
6 hrs to Montreal
4 hrs to Quebec</p>
<p>It is about an hour from Portland, ME
Portland has a lovely waterfront, excellent restaurants
I am not sure it would be classified as “big city”</p>
<p>Thebigcheese121 is from a city that exceeds 15 million people. Portland is NOT a “big city” in that regards!</p>
<p>Thebigchees121 is from a city who’s population exceeds of 15 million people. Portland is a very small city in that regards!!</p>
<p>Well I will be applying this year. I came across colby on my college search but the location was a kind of a turn-off. Anyways I’m having different thoughts about the location now. Maybe a small town is what I need !</p>